Date: Saturday, December 22, 2012 Time: 4:00 p.m. (doors open 3:30) Place: Kioi Hall, Small Hall (Kioi Hall is across the street from the New Otani Hotel) Tickets: 5,000 yen Seats are not reserved. Tickets can be purchased at the hall on the day of the event. To purchase tickets in advance, contact ~

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  Saturday, October 13, 2012 Traditional Japanese Music Performance at the National Theatre A concert celebrating Japanese traditional music. There will be two concerts: one will present works for the koto, and the other, shinnai works. The shinnai concert starts at 3 p.m. There will be five sh~

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On September 2, Tsuruga Wakasanojo’s students will be performing. They have been practicing hard, even during the summer when it has been terribly hot. They were not defeated by the high temperatures and humidity. I hope that the Edo Period atmosphere of their performance will help cool you of~

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Third Concert by the Shinnai Wakagi Kai Tsuruga Isejiro and Her Students This spring is the eighth year of the Shinnai Wakagi Kai Classroom, and this is the third performance of those students. Recently, not very many people know about shinnai. All of the students will do their best to show you the ~

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  The performers encourage children of all ages to attend this performance. The program includes the following: Japanese Dance Introduction to traditional Japanese dance Introduction to Japanese culture: in Japanese and English Japanese Music Special lecture by Tsuruga Wakasanojo Introduction t~

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For passing our art on to the next generation, an important part of the training of new professionals is giving them opportunities to perform in front of an audience. Joruri Performers: Three new shinnai professionals, including Tsuruga Isejiro Tsuruga Wakasanojo XI will also perform, accompanied by~

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Date: Sunday, February 26 Time: Doors open 12:30 p.m. Performance starts 1 p.m. Performance ends approximately 7:30 p.m. Place: Akagi Shrine, Kagurazaka, B1 floor. Access: Akagi Shrine is about 1 minute walk from Exit 1 of Kagurazaka station on the Tozai subway line. When you get to the street level~

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Tsuruga Wakasanojo Shinnai Recital Heaven and Hell Date: Sunday, December 18, 2011 Time: 4:00 p.m. (doors open 3:30) Place: Kioi Hall (Across the street from the New Otani Hotel) Tickets: 5,000 yen Seats are not reserved. Tickets can be purchased at the hall on the day of the event. To purchase tick~

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The Second Shinjuku Traditional Performing Arts Festival – Lively, Brilliant Harvest Festival Date: Saturday, November 26, 2011 Time: 1:00 p.m. (doors open 12:30) Place: Kagurazaka Theater (second floor of Ushigome Tansu Kumin Hall). Access: 1 minute walk from Exit A1 of the Ushigome Kagurazak~

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A Concert to Promote the Spread of Traditional Japanese Performing Arts Listen to Japanese music! Look at Japanese dance! Date:September 19 (Monday), 2011 (national holiday) Time:6:00 p.m. Place: Kagurazaka Theater (2^nd floor of Ushigome Tansu Kumin Hall). Access: 1 minute walk from the Ushigome Ka~

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Second Concert by the Shinnai Wakagi Kai Tsuruga Isejiro and Her Students Date: July 3 (Sunday), 2011 Time: Doors open 12:30 p.m.; concert starts 1 p.m. Place: B1 Floor, Sanshuden Building, Akagi Shrine, Kagurazaka Access: 1 minute walk from the Kagurazaka exit (exit 1) of the Kagurazaka station on ~

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A concert of classical shinnai works by two of the most famous early shinnai joururi performers, Tsuruga Wakasanojo I and Fujimatsu Rochu, will be held on June 5. The concert is in two parts. The works in Part I are by Fujimatsu Rochu, and in Part II, by Tsuruga Wakasanojo I. The performers will be ~

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One of the artists who performed in last year’s “Kobushi Group Concert”, Mochizuki Bokusei, will hold a concert to celebrate his becoming Mochizuki Bokusei V. Date: March 28, 2011 First part starts at 10:45 a.m. Second part starts at 4 p.m. Tsuruga Wakasanojo will perform the first~

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